The Civic Museums of Reggio have been housed in the Palazzo dei Musei since 1830. They contain collections and collections referable to Archeology (Roman mosaics, Museo Chierici, Portico dei Marmi-Roman section, Roman Museum, Museum of Prehistory and Protohistory), Ethnography, History of Art (Galleria Fontanesi, Gallery of Marbles-Medieval section, Mosaics medieval), Natural History (Spallanzani Collection, Zoological collections, anatomical, botanical, geo-mineralogical and paleontological), History of the city, Museum of Industrial Art, showcases of the Reggiani Scientists.